Peter Minuit buys Manhattan. Peter Minuit is best known for arranging the purchase of Manhattan Island from the Native Americans in 1626 while serving as…
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24 May 1626
Peter Minuit buys Manhattan. Peter Minuit is famously known for his purchase of Manhattan Island on behalf of the Dutch in 1626. Who was Peter…
3o July 1626
Over 10 000 are killed in an earthquake in Naples, Italy. The region around Naples, one of the most physically unstable areas of high population…
18 November 1626
St. Peter’s Basilica is consecrated. On this day, November 18, 1626, the new St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome was consecrated by Pope Urban VIII. Rather…